Newsroom | Bagley College of Engineering - Part 154

Walden, Dennis receive national Practitioner of the Year Award

Mississippi State University’s Dr. Clay Walden and Glenn Dennis, from the Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems Extension (CAVS-E), were recently presented the Co-Practitioner of the Year Award at the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) conference in Orlando, Fla. The awards were presented by Roger Kilmer, national director of the MEP Program and by Dr. Jay Tice,…

June 16, 2008


Researchers earn “RARE” honor

STARKVILLE, Miss.– With the hope of easing the strain on consumers’ wallets, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognizes the potential of research underway at Mississippi State. During a ceremony on Mississippi State’s campus, assistant professors Rafael Hernandez and Todd French, and associate professor Mark Bricka were presented a grant, by the EPA’s Regional Applied Research…

June 13, 2008


MSU’s BCoE Challenge X Team Wins Again

For the second consecutive year, Mississippi State’s Challenge X team is taking first-place honors in student competition sponsored by General Motors and the U.S. Department of Energy. The MSU group topped 16 others Wednesday [May 21] from universities in the United States and Canada, all seeking to re-engineer a sports utility vehicle with advanced technologies…

May 22, 2008


BCoE mechanical engineering student to meet the next President of the United States.

STARKVILLE, Miss.–In January 2009, our next president and vice president will be sworn into office. While we do not yet know who those two individuals will be, one thing is for sure, Malcolm Conley, a senior in mechanical engineering, will be there to witness history in the making. Having been selected as an Inaugural Scholar…

May 14, 2008


Chemical engineering professor impresses national engineering education organization

Starkville, Miss.—The American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Southeastern Section has recognized Dr. Adrienne Minerick, as an individual whose work is advancing excellence in all aspects of engineering education and engineering technology. The assistant professor of chemical and biomedical engineering and the director of the Medical Micro-Device Engineering Research Lab received the ASEE-SE New Faculty…

April 25, 2008


National organization recognizes student’s achievments

STARKVILLE, Miss- A Bagley College of Engineering student received a scholarship at a national engineering organization’s conference. The National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) named Darvin J. Griffin, a senior biological engineering major, a Fulfilling the Legacy Scholar at its Golden Torch Awards ceremony. Funded in part by the Kellogg Corporate Citizenship Fund, the scholarship…

April 3, 2008


Student overcomes technical difficulties to place in competition

A Bagley College of Engineering student overcame many obstacles including technical difficulties and a language barrier to place in technical competition. Jun Wang, a graduate student in mechanical engineering, earned fourth place honors and $200 by presenting a technical paper based on her recent research activities. This student night competition was hosted by the Society…

March 31, 2008


Boeing—the world’s leading aerospace company—selects BCoE aerospace professor for Boeing Welliver Faculty Fellowship Program

Boeing—the world’s leading aerospace company—selects aerospace professor for the Boeing Welliver Faculty Fellowship ProgramStarkville, Miss.—Dr. Masoud Rais-Rohani, an aerospace professor at Mississippi State University, is one of ten professors selected from around the world to participate in the Boeing Welliver Faculty Fellowship Program. Since the programs inception in 1995, only 120 faculty members have participated…

March 31, 2008


ICHVE CALL FOR PAPERS

STARKVILLE, Miss—“ICHVE,” the phonetic spelling sounds a lot like the pronunciation of “achieve.” It’s the acronym for the 2008 International High Voltage Engineering and Application Conference. Scientists, researchers and professors from around the world will be sharing their achievements and accomplishments at the event in Chongqing, China. The ICHVE conference is a result of a…

January 25, 2008


CAVS Chair earns national honor

STARKVILLE, Miss – The Center for Advance Vehicular Systems (CAVS) Chair in Computational and Solid Mechanics will be honored with a national award for engineering education. Dr. Mark Horstemeyer, a professor in mechanical engineering, has been selected to receive a 2008 Society for Automotive Engineers (SAE) Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award. Established in 1953, the…

December 7, 2007